Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva...
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After capturing the city in July 1558, the Russians used Narva as a trading center and port to transport commerce from Pskov and Novgorod. The Russians...
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The Battle of Narva Bridgehead (Estonian: Narva lahingud, German: Schlacht um den Brückenkopf von Narva, Russian: Битва за плацдарм Нарва; 2 February...
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The siege of Narva was a siege and massacre initiated by Pontus De la Gardie against the Russian-controlled city of Narva in present-day Estonia. The siege...
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The Tallinn–Narva railway (Estonian: Tallinna–Narva raudtee) is a 211 km (131 mi) long railway line in Estonia which runs through Northern Estonia between...
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Houthaven (category Port of Amsterdam)
seen from the northwest (July 24, 2020) Reval Island and Narva Island (July 24, 2020) Narva Island and Memel Island (July 24, 2020) Stettin Island (24...
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Narva on Estonian side with Ivangorod, Yamburg and Izborsk on the Russian side. Peace treaties mostly confirmed the basic borderline along the Narva River...
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262 damaging a de Havilland Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft of the Royal Air Force's No. 540 Squadron RAF. : The Leningrad Front's Narva Offensive captures...
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Livonian War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
from sea trade. The new Ivangorod port – built in 1550 during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV on the eastern shore of the Narva River – was considered unsatisfactory...
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The Holocaust (redirect from Völkermord an de europäische Jude)
pp. 96–97. Gerlach 2016, p. 366. De Bengy, Raphael (18 February 2015). "Mohamed Mesli : « Mon père, l'imam sauveur de juifs »" [Mohamed Mesli: "My father...
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Finland and one from Narva, were sold on the Russian slave market in Moscow; the Finnish woman was sold to an Armenian, the woman from Narva to a Russian clerk...
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List of social nudity places in Europe (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
(which closed in 2012). Narva-Jõesuu nude beach – the only official nude beach in Estonia.[citation needed] Located near Narva-Jõesuu town, 2 km SW from...
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after the last glacial period in the 10th millennium BC: Kunda, Neman and Narva cultures. They were traveling hunters. In the 8th millennium BC the climate...
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Chornomorsk (category Port cities and towns in Ukraine)
a western link by train to western Europe. Chornomorsk is twinned with: Narva, Estonia Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey Maardu, Estonia Qaradağ raion, Baku,...
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Mulberry harbours (redirect from Port Winston)
necessary reinforcements and supplies, and were to be used until major French ports could be captured and brought back into use after repair of the inevitable...
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1943. The British attacks on French vessels in port increased tension between Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, who was recognised by the British as the...
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Narva was a 2,044 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Aletta Noot by Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB, Gävle, Sweden for German owners. She was seized...
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roughly southwest of Saint Petersburg and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva. The Finnic Votic language spoken by Votians is close to extinction. The...
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Kronstadt (category Port cities and towns in Russia)
(Russian: Кроншта́дт, romanized: Kronshtadt, IPA: [krɐnˈʂtat]) is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, located...
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Free France (redirect from Campagne de France (1944))
French 2nd Corps was to capture ports at Toulon (France's largest naval port) and Marseilles (France's largest commercial port) in order to secure a vital...
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moved northwards to join the siege of Casablanca. At Port-Lyautey, the objective was to secure the port and the airfield, so that aircraft could be flown...
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Schengen Area (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the border with Russia) is only open to Latvian and Russian citizens. The Narva 2 and Saatse border crossing points in Estonia (on the border with Russia)...
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less than a month, Axis forces advanced to western Egypt and besieged the port of Tobruk. By late March 1941, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite...
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Sweden moved the administrative centre of Swedish Ingria from Nöteborg to Narva. In 1677, the defences of Nyenskans and Nyen were enforced by a ring of...
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Liberation of Paris (redirect from Libération de Paris)
The liberation of Paris (French: libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered...
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Bases in North Africa were sea ports and air base used in North Africa during World War II by the United States Navy. The ports and air bases supplied the...
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culture. Around 5300 BC, ceramics appear of the neolithic period, known as Narva culture. This was followed by the Comb Ceramic culture around 3900 BC, bringing...
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south of the city of Narva. On 7 February, the 8th Army expanded the bridgehead in the Krivasoo Swamp south of Narva cutting the Narva–Tallinn Railway behind...
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the continent. The sharpest change occurs near Narva-Jõesuu, which is why this place is called the Narva wall. The average depth is 38 m (125 ft) with...
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